1. Who is the person being interviewed? 2. What is his title or position? 3. What is his race, gender, and age? 4. Where is the Interview taking place? 5. What is the date of the interview? 6. Who is the interviewer? 7. If you can find a picture of this person, put it on the page next to your answers
1. Sallie Smith 2. Farmer; her husband is a "townsman" 3. White, female, dead 4. Burksville, Alabama 5. December 17, 1938 6. Mrs. C. W. Higgins 7.
Part 1B:
This picture is a good example of the Great Depression because it shows by the size of the room how small the houses were. You can also see another bed from the opening in the back is almost connected to the bed in the front.
Part 2A
1. Why do you think this image was made? This image was made to show what the cadets look like before they got on thier planes to go into battle during World War 2. 2. Who do you think was the audience for this image? I think the audience for this picture was the everyday citizens of America. It was to show that the soldiers are always working. In this picture they are just getting ready to get on their planes. 3. If someone made this today, what would be different? This picture would probably be in color if it was made today. Also, the people would probably be dressed differently- in more modern clothes.
1. Describe what you see. I see a log cabin type house with a woman standing on the porch in a dress. There are telephone wires going down along the side of the street. There is no driveway at the house, it is just surrounded by grass. Also, I see another house, that looks almost identical to the bigger house, not even 50 yards away. 2. What do you first notice? I first noticed the house and the lady standing on the porch. 3. Why do you think this image was made? I think this image was made to show how certain people lived back in the 30s and 40s.
1. What is the physical setting? The physical setting of this picture is far out in the fields of a farm. 2. Who? This is a black person who is working in the farm of, most likely, a white person. 3. When? This picture was taken during the 30s or 40s.
Part 2B: 1. What, if any, words do you see? I see the words "Bryant's Place Hot Fish". I also see the words "FOR COLORED". 2. Why? These words are to show that the restaurant was only for colored people, and to make sure that no white people went there. 3. Where? This picture was taken in Memphis, Tennessee.
A cafe near the tobacco market, Durham, North Carolina
1. How are they arranged? The door on the left is for whites only, and the door on the right is for colored only, as specified by signs above the doors. 2. Why do you think this image was made? This image was made to show how bad the segregation was in the south during this time period. 3. What can you learn from examining this image? This image teaches you about the segregation problems, while it also shows how poorly the blacks were treated if you look at the prices. On the white side it's only $0.05, while on the colored side it costed $0.25 - $0.35, and the whites made much more money than the colored people. Therefore, this set up was completely unfair to the colored people.
Theatre in Leland, Mississippi
1. What do you notice first? The first thing I notice is the words "Rex Theatre For Colored People". 2. If someone made this todayu, what would be different? There definitely wouldn't be the words "for colored people", the building would look more modern, and the picture wouldn't be in black and white. 3. When? This picture was taken in June 1937.
Part 3A: What were these people like and how do they represent the time period and area of the country being studied in this project? These people were all trying to make it through the rough days of the Depression in whatever way they possibly could. For example, Alice Caudle worked in the same mill since she was ten years old. She represents this time period by the one line she say at the end of her response: "If I'd a-been a man no telling how far I'd-a gone." http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/alice.htmlAnother person who represents this time period very well is Anna Novak. She represents the same idea that Alice Caudle showed, and that was the sexism. In Anna's interview she talks about how there was often many ideas of sexism reflected through out her work environment. She does this when she says "Your job wasn't worth much if you didn't observe the holiday "customs." The women had to bring 'em bottles, just the same as the men.You could get along swell if you let the boss slap you on the behind". http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/anna.html Jim Cole was a man who represented another aspect of this time period. He was a very skilled butcher. He was also a negro. Therefore, when he asked to join the union they denied him. "Wouldn't let me in the Union. Never said it to my face, but reason of it was plain. Negro. That's it. Just didn't want a Negro man to have what he should. That's wrong. You know that's wrong." http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/jimcole.htmlThe last idea from this time period that these people expressed was the Depression. One of these people was Bernice. She made it through the Depression by renting out the rooms in her apartment.http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/bernice.htmlAnother person who showed the idea of the Depression was Clyde "Kingfish" Smith. He sold fish on his street car for only $0.05 per pound. He did this while singing a very catchy tune to attract business. As he said himself, "somebody had to have something extra to attract the attention. So when I came around, I started making a rhyme, it was a hit right away."
Part 3B: The person being interviewed in this first excerpt is Jesse Owens. He was an Olympic Winner and pronounced the fastest man in the world. He was an African-American, male, and, at the time of the interview, 26. The interview took place on April 22, 1939. The interviewer was Rhussus L. Perry.
The person being interviewed in this next excerpt is Jim Lewis. He was a field worker. He was a 38 year old male negro. The interview took place in Mobile, Alabama. The date of the interview was November 4, 1938. The interviewer is Helen S. Hartley.
1. Who is the person being interviewed?
2. What is his title or position?
3. What is his race, gender, and age?
4. Where is the Interview taking place?
5. What is the date of the interview?
6. Who is the interviewer?
7. If you can find a picture of this person, put it on the page next to your answers
1. Sallie Smith
2. Farmer; her husband is a "townsman"
3. White, female, dead
4. Burksville, Alabama
5. December 17, 1938
6. Mrs. C. W. Higgins
7.
Part 1B:
This picture is a good example of the Great Depression because it shows by the size of the room how small the houses were. You can also see another bed from the opening in the back is almost connected to the bed in the front.
Part 2A
1. Why do you think this image was made? This image was made to show what the cadets look like before they got on thier planes to go into battle during World War 2.
2. Who do you think was the audience for this image? I think the audience for this picture was the everyday citizens of America. It was to show that the soldiers are always working. In this picture they are just getting ready to get on their planes.
3. If someone made this today, what would be different? This picture would probably be in color if it was made today. Also, the people would probably be dressed differently- in more modern clothes.
1. Describe what you see. I see a log cabin type house with a woman standing on the porch in a dress. There are telephone wires going down along the side of the street. There is no driveway at the house, it is just surrounded by grass. Also, I see another house, that looks almost identical to the bigger house, not even 50 yards away.
2. What do you first notice? I first noticed the house and the lady standing on the porch.
3. Why do you think this image was made? I think this image was made to show how certain people lived back in the 30s and 40s.
1. What is the physical setting? The physical setting of this picture is far out in the fields of a farm.
2. Who? This is a black person who is working in the farm of, most likely, a white person.
3. When? This picture was taken during the 30s or 40s.
Part 2B:
1. What, if any, words do you see? I see the words "Bryant's Place Hot Fish". I also see the words "FOR COLORED".
2. Why? These words are to show that the restaurant was only for colored people, and to make sure that no white people went there.
3. Where? This picture was taken in Memphis, Tennessee.
1. How are they arranged? The door on the left is for whites only, and the door on the right is for colored only, as specified by signs above the doors.
2. Why do you think this image was made? This image was made to show how bad the segregation was in the south during this time period.
3. What can you learn from examining this image? This image teaches you about the segregation problems, while it also shows how poorly the blacks were treated if you look at the prices. On the white side it's only $0.05, while on the colored side it costed $0.25 - $0.35, and the whites made much more money than the colored people. Therefore, this set up was completely unfair to the colored people.
1. What do you notice first? The first thing I notice is the words "Rex Theatre For Colored People".
2. If someone made this todayu, what would be different? There definitely wouldn't be the words "for colored people", the building would look more modern, and the picture wouldn't be in black and white.
3. When? This picture was taken in June 1937.
Part 3A:
What were these people like and how do they represent the time period and area of the country being studied in this project?
These people were all trying to make it through the rough days of the Depression in whatever way they possibly could. For example, Alice Caudle worked in the same mill since she was ten years old. She represents this time period by the one line she say at the end of her response: "If I'd a-been a man no telling how far I'd-a gone." http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/alice.htmlAnother person who represents this time period very well is Anna Novak. She represents the same idea that Alice Caudle showed, and that was the sexism. In Anna's interview she talks about how there was often many ideas of sexism reflected through out her work environment. She does this when she says "Your job wasn't worth much if you didn't observe the holiday "customs." The women had to bring 'em bottles, just the same as the men.You could get along swell if you let the boss slap you on the behind". http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/anna.html Jim Cole was a man who represented another aspect of this time period. He was a very skilled butcher. He was also a negro. Therefore, when he asked to join the union they denied him. "Wouldn't let me in the Union. Never said it to my face, but reason of it was plain. Negro. That's it. Just didn't want a Negro man to have what he should. That's wrong. You know that's wrong." http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/jimcole.html The last idea from this time period that these people expressed was the Depression. One of these people was Bernice. She made it through the Depression by renting out the rooms in her apartment. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/bernice.htmlAnother person who showed the idea of the Depression was Clyde "Kingfish" Smith. He sold fish on his street car for only $0.05 per pound. He did this while singing a very catchy tune to attract business. As he said himself, "somebody had to have something extra to attract the attention. So when I came around, I started making a rhyme, it was a hit right away."
Part 3B:
The person being interviewed in this first excerpt is Jesse Owens. He was an Olympic Winner and pronounced the fastest man in the world. He was an African-American, male, and, at the time of the interview, 26. The interview took place on April 22, 1939. The interviewer was Rhussus L. Perry.
The person being interviewed in this next excerpt is Jim Lewis. He was a field worker. He was a 38 year old male negro. The interview took place in Mobile, Alabama. The date of the interview was November 4, 1938. The interviewer is Helen S. Hartley.
*No picture of him*